Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy-An International Journal

Ojha Suman ¹, Bansal Anu ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Physiotherapy, Amity University, Noida, U.P, IN

Abstract

Background: Various tools are available for assessing disability in upper limb musculoskeletal disorders but there is a need to find a safe, quick, condition specific and more accurate assessment tool to assess upper limb disability in frozen shoulder patients.

Objective: To find a correlation in between the scores of QuickDASH-9, SPADI and F12S tools.

Methodology: In this study 60 subjects, both male and female were taken between age group (51±5.374 years) . Patients diagnosed with frozen shoulder (phase-1) were included in the study based on their orthopedic assessment and inclusion criteria. QuickDASH-9, SPADI and F12S were then administered for assessing pain and disability in these patients.

Result: Correlation was observed between SPADI, Quick DASH-9 and F12S scores at p

Interpretation and conclusion: All the 3 tools can be used to assess pain and disability in frozen shoulder patients (phase I). Quick DASH-9 is simple, quick and subjective tool based on functional activity questions and assesses disability of shoulder , arm and hand while F12S is more condition specific tool that assesses only shoulder joint and muscle pathology. F12S has both subjective and objective components. Hence it can be considered as a more specific tool for assessing disability in frozen shoulder patients.

Keywords

F12 S, Frozen Shoulder, Phase I Patients

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Bansal Anu , Sarkar Aparna , Anand Bhawna

Abstract

Objective: To study the effects of isometric and proprioceptive exercises in IT professionals suffering from subclinical neck pain. Methodology: 30 subjects within age group of 18-40 yrs both males and females from IT companies with subclinical neck pain participated in the study. Subjects who were working for a minimum of 6 hours /day or 30 hours/ week and with the NDI score in between range of 5-14 were included in the study. Subjects were excluded if they had any other musculoskeletal, vertebro basilar insufficiency symptoms and neurological disorders, had undergone cervical spine surgery or were undergoing treatment at the time of testing. Improvements were noted on VAS score, NDI score, extensor muscle strength measurement and proprioception i.e. joint position sense. Results: Significant differences were observed within two groups i.e. group B given postural training and strength training exercises as well as group C given postural training, strength training and proprioceptive training exercises compared to group A given postural training exercises only. On intergroup analysis between groups B and C no significant difference was found. Conclusion: Strength training program with postural correction tips is equally effective as combination of strength and proprioceptive training group in improving pain, disability, muscle strength and proprioception.

Keywords

Isometric Exercises, Proprioceptive Exercises, Subclinical Neck Pain

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